October 2018 Newsletter House of Balboa Park, San Diego Mark Your Calendars House of Palestine Hosting We have a few great events in House of Denmark’s coming up in the next couple Cottage of months: Some of you may know that it has been tough to have a volunteer available to cover hosting every Saturday and Sunday at the Cottage. The House of Palestine does not have their own cottage and has been willing to host in our space once a month. They bring their own flag and displays 2018 Board for the day. President This helps us with hosting and gives Randy Nielsen [email protected] them some practice before they have (858) 216-5874 their own cottage. Vice President Saturday, November 17 Oda Audish JULEKLIP (Christmas craft get- [email protected] Membership Dues (858) 254-6295 together). We enjoy a few treats while honoring the Danish tradition of making House of Denmark membership Treasurer our own Christmas decorations. Charlotte Carroll dues are: [email protected] Single member: $20 Friday & Saturday Couple/family: $30 Secretary December 7 & 8 Anita Iroz International Christmas [email protected] Did you remember Festival. Our biggest fund raiser. to pay your 2018 Host Coordinators We delight the many visitors to the memberhip dues? Janni Pedersen International Village with æbleskiver [email protected] at the Cottage and gløgg at the Spirit Oda Audish Garden. [email protected] What’s Inside (858) 254-6295 Saturday, December 15 Cottage Hosting Schedule Page 2 HPR Delegates Juletræsfest (House of Denmark Sankt Hans Revisited Page 2 Randy Nielsen Christmas party) in the wonderful [email protected] accommodations at Calvary Lutheran My Danish Vacation Page 3 Charlotte Carroll Church in Solana Beach. [email protected] Lawn Program 2018 Page 4 Danish Recipe Page 4 Lego Goes Green Page 5 Payment Slip Back page House of Denmark Page 2 of 6 Cottage Hosting Skt. Hans Aften Revisited Schedule As summer nears its end, a fond remembrance of October 2018 Saturday, 6 a wonderful evening at Pamela Gade Mission Bay celebrating Sunday, 7 Skt. Hans Aften and the Open Summer Solstice. Saturday, 13 We had a great turnout for Board Meeting. No Hosting. a fun evening of baking Sunday, 14 snobrød (bread dough Open wrapped around a stick) Saturday, 20 and pølser (hot dogs) and snobrød Open wrapped around Pølser over the Sunday, 21 bonfire. Open The witch was sent on her way to Saturday, 27 Bloksbjerg, and Oda led the singing Open of Midsommer Visen. It was an eve- Sunday, 28 ning of good company, delicious House of Palestine (Guest Host) food, and Danish traditions to usher November 2018 in the summer. Saturday, 3 Below, Janni has the trifecta on a Open stick - snobrød, medister, and hot Sunday, 4 dog. Open Saturday, 10 Board Meeting. No Hosting. Sunday, 11 Open Saturday, 17 Julehygge/Christmas Craft Event Please provide Sunday, 18 Open juice, coffee, cake Saturday, 24 and/or treats when Open you are the host at Sunday, 25 House of Palestine (Guest Host) the cottage. December 2018 Saturday, 1 Open Sunday, 2 If you find you cannot Open host from 12:00 noon to Saturday, 8 December Nights 5:00 p.m. on the listed Sunday, 9 date, please arrange to December Nights clean-up trade with another Saturday, 15 House of Denmark Open member. House of Pacific Relations Sunday, 16 International Cottages Open Balboa Park, San Diego House of Denmark Page 3 of 6

My Danish Vacation - by Randy Nielsen The last time I visited Denmark I history personnel. My favorite ex- way to the city of Ærøskøbing on was 14 years old and my family pri- hibits were the country fair and the the island of Ærø. We stayed in a marily visited relatives. This time I 1974 era radio and TV shop. converted laundry house in the took my wife and youngest daugh- In Viborg we stayed with fam- middle of town and walked all ter for their first visit to Denmark ily friends on their dairy farm. My around to explore. We rented bi- and Europe. daughter Emily enjoyed working cycles and rode to the old ship We stayed 2 nights in each city in the milking barn and assisted building town of Marstal for lunch. beginning with in the delivery of a baby calf. Be- Riding the dirt bike paths through then Århus, Viborg, , and tween our 2 nights in Viborg we the countryside was very peaceful Ærøskøbing (Ærø). Our plane land- drove up to Skagen. We parked the and quiet. We passed many stands ed in Copenhagen and we took the car and walked along the beach up with homemade goods for sale. train downtown to Central Station. to the point where the North and There were no attendants – they There must have been hundreds of Baltic Seas come together. The used the honor system. bicycles neatly stacked on double water was crystal clear and the old As we traveled home we recount- decker bike racks outside the train war bunkers looked like monsters ed some of the smaller differences station. From there we walked to on the beach. The wonderful col- from life in the US. Traffic circles our airbnb rental. There appeared lection of paintings at the Skagen are more common than 4-way to be just as many bicycles as cars art museum illustrated early life traffic stops, particularly in the on the road. Helmets were op- in the fishing village. The bright countryside. We also noticed the tional, but people rode in the same yellow fields of canola blooming stoplights had a unique order: yel- clothes they wore at work. in between green crops made the low-red-yellow-green compared to We walked to numerous memora- countryside very picturesque. those in the US. This made sense ble sites in Copenhagen. The over- Next we visited Kolding where my since most cars have standard all highlight for me in Copenhagen father grew up. I remember visit- transmissions and you get ready to was visiting Tivoli Gardens. The ing the ruins at Koldinghus Castle go during the yellow light before it landscapes were wonderful by day on my first trip to Denmark. The turns green. and the lights and buildings were modern restoration and transfor- There were small bakeries every- beautiful at night. Unlike Disney- mation were amazing. The missing where we went in Denmark, and land, Tivoli was designed for all age walls and floors were reconstructed the people were very polite, hospi- groups, not just children. with modern materials in a clever table and gracious to speak with us On the way to Århus we visited the manner which allowed the visitor in English. It was a wonderful trip Viking Ship Museum and Dom- to study the architecture as well as and went by too fast! kirke Cathedral in . The many fine museum exhibits. In the museum contained the remains afternoon my father’s relatives or- of 5 recovered Viking ships and a ganized a family get together. First large shop area where carpenters we met at my Dad’s cousin’s house build new ships according to origi- for coffee and dessert. Then we nal designs. The cathedral sits on a moved to the town hall and were hill in the center of town at the site joined by 24 relatives for a delight- of the original church erected by ful evening filled with much - dis King Harald Bluetooth. It is quite cussion, dinner and dessert. an impressive structure. In addi- We made our way to Ærø with a tion to elaborate crypts and burial brief stop in the old town of Ribe. chambers for 38 Danish monarchs, We parked near a boat dock on about 1000 people are buried on one side of town, and you could the church grounds. see the spires of the 12th century In Århus we spent over half a day Ribe Cathedral from several blocks exploring Den Gamle By (a.k.a. Old away. We strolled through a flea Town). The more than 70 relocated market and admired the old brick historic buildings were furnished in and stone buildings bordered by 3 primary time periods (1874, 1924 cobblestone streets. and 1974) and staffed with living Taking the car ferry we made our House of Denmark Page 4 of 6

Lawn Program 2018 al Anthems. We The Guardians of Midgard Vi- were fortunate kings set up several stations to have our local which focused on crafts, weav- Danish Consul, ing, games, and wood tools. We Malte Farnaes were also joined by San Diego join us and talk Adult Lego Users who brought about his job and their displays and lots of ex- what’s special tra bricks for the public to play about Denmark. with. We hired the Hot Many volunteers helped by mak- Buttered Biscuits ing food and serving a tradition- Band to play al Danish meal which consisted pleasant Danish of medistepølse, frikadeller, hot- music and popu- dogs, potato salad, and sliced lar contemporary cucumber salad at the Cottage. music. When To avoid the Rock and Roll Mara- the band took a thon crowds the House of Den- break Hans Christian Andersen mark Board selected Saturday (portrayed by Randel McGee) June 2, 2018 to put on this year’s entertained us with storytelling program. (Princess and the Pea and What Our Queen, Elisabeth Dukes, Father Does is Always Right) lead the Flag salute, and we while making wonderful paper sang the US and Danish Nation- cut-outs. Porretærte (Danish Leek Quiche) Recipe For the dough: For the filling: Rinse leeks thoroughly, cut into 100 g. cold butter (7 tbsp.) 3-4 leeks thin rings, and boil in salted water, approx. 5 minutes. Drain 75 g. graham flour (¾ cup) 200 g. crème fraîche (7 oz.)* well. 125 g. all purpose flour (1 cup) 3 eggs Mix flours and salt. Crumble but- ½ tsp. salt salt and pepper ter in mixture. Add water and 1-2 tbsp. water 3 tbsp. grated cheese knead the dough by hand until uniform. Grease an 11-12” pie form, roll out dough or push it flat to cov- er bottom and about 2” up sides, and prebake the crust at 400 F. for 10 minutes. Mix eggs, crème fraîche (*or substitute a good, heavy sour cream), salt, and pepper, and add cheese. Add leeks and egg mixture to prebaked crust and bake for 15- 20 minutes at 400 F. House of Denmark Page 5 of 6

Lego Wants to Go Green Manufacturers worldwide want to eliminate plastic waste which is polluting the environment. Many food related businesses use plastic packaging for ev- erything from fast food to soft drinks and bottled water. Most plastic products are derived from petroleum sources. Denmark’s famous toy brick builder, Lego, uses plastic not only for packaging, but also to make the actual product: color- ful toy bricks which snap togeth- er. Lego makes about 100 million tic bottles) or plant fibers and but most do not meet all the bricks every day from ABS which reduce its carbon footprint (1 requirements for making the is short for acrylonitrile butadi- million tons of carbon dioxide/ sturdy and colorful bricks. Find- ene styrene. It’s a tough plastic year). ing the right materials and pro- used for plumbing, computer Lego has invested $120 million cesses is a long range project for keys and phone cases. The toy and will hire 100 people to work Lego. Their goal is to eliminate bricks also have to be slightly on converting their products to their dependence on petroleum elastic with a polished surface. use “greener” raw materials. The based plastics by 2030. Lego wants to use materials de- company has already screened (Reference Stanley Reed, New rived from recyclables (like plas- about 200 alternatives to ABS, York Times) Danish Sayings

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